Go Stoney!!!

Hey everyone, had a big weekend last weekend about 8 of my mates got together and played a ton of games. For funsies I took my StoneHorn (were not over competive) but wanted to see how he whent. straight up whent up against my mates empire he had 3 cannons (not sure if you can in 2k but I didn't mind) but all game he didnt shoot my Stoney he though my block of 10 guts where a bigger threat. Understandable, in the end my kitty's took care of his cannons  , but just alone my stone horn took off his chokekobo knights (Demi's) and a small detachment of archers , I was over the moon before I charged in I shot with the harpoon rolling 5 for the multi wounds , my mate couldn't believe it , thus crownin my Stoney with MVP :-P

I've found the harpoon to be a nice little addition. Park him behind something for the first couple turns to prevent frenzy, then open up a hole to let him go charging in.

Interesting - it seems for me that either the Stonehorn destroys everything, ever, or just runs around and dies. Playing my friend he chewed through a Stegadon and along with some Bulls a squad of Cold One Cavalry. Other games, he's just got shot to pieces or got ruined by cheap Core units. I sold him in the end in favour of more reliable units like Mournfangs.

Mournfangs seem intent on suicide whenever I run them, so when statistics decided to exclude itself from my company I tried out a Stonehorn.

It wasn't bad - the bolt thrower's pretty useless though, rarely hits. At least it's free mind.

The main strength comes from combat support - the auto-hits really help rack up wounds on the charge alongside a regular Ogre unit.

For me, it's main rival however is basically a regular block of Ogres. For a similar points investment you could have like 7 Ogre Bulls with Ironfists, Standard and Musician. That don't eat into Rare points.

Still, they're not bad. Can do some entertaining things, and Monsters don't like being hit by them.

I really enjoy mournfangs I found out the other day that they get 3d6 for charges due to the cav rule so I was over the moon as I was only rolling 2 , *derp* the next day vs the new HE the Stoney didnt do much Dmg only killing 3 of there dragon knights or whatever they are but held them there for 3 turns and then he had to charge his sword masters in to finish it off due to him not being able to roll a 6 to wound it and when he did I made my armour save, but he could still be use to hold stuff up until or big units can rush in , he held up the main block of his army for time for my guts to rampage and overrun down his flank.

Cav don't get 3D6 for charges, they get 3D6 and pick the two highest, FYI. 3D6 would be AMAZING.

Still, picking the highest from 3D6 is lovely. I can't stand stumbling forward, being S&S'd, and stopping dead in front of the target. Anything to help counter that is fantastic

Stonehorns, even with their half-cannon wounds rule, are like all other big creatures imo - huge cannon magnets. This can work in your favour some games, where the cannons are being soaked up by the Stonehorn and not by your Bulls or Guts, but I hate seeing 250pts die halfway across the board. Skink poison is lethal too.

At least Stoney has a 4+ save to soak that up - the Poisoned shooting that most people are scared of (Chameleon Skinks and Gutter Runners) would take a lot of shots to get through 6 T6 Wounds with 4+ armor (72 by Poison alone, though you can probably expect results in the 65-70 range thanks to some lucky 6s on non-Poisoned hits). And any cannonballs headed toward him are getting dubious value out of their investment. I think the critical issue with the Stonehorn is Leadership-related - at Ld7 with Frenzy and no Stubborn, it's rather easy to lead by the nose or to chase off once it's been beaten, and while it's pretty beefy in combat, that won't necessarily overcome 3 ranks + banner + possibly BSB + musician (if it comes up) + whatever wounds are snuck through to you (especially given its colossal base size). As such, it kind of has to be run front and center and close to your General, or with a Hunter on its back (and that option kills your Hero allowance options, so I don't like it).

All that said, if you have 250 lying around in your list and you've already got your Ironblasters, then you could do worse than him.

Rothgar is right: as long as you have the points.
Normally you wouldn't max out on rare anyway, so that's not the issue.

The problem with the stonehorn as your opponent isn't the stonehorn itself.
It's the 2 or 3 units morunfang and the ironguts, that are also heading your way.

Too many choices.

Sorry that's what I ment 3d6 choose highest my bad :-P and lexy is right target priority I have 9 bulls 10 guts with sm and bsb with tusks , Stoney, and IB all my mates have come to fear the tusks due to there warmachine killing capablilitys , but he didnt no what to shoot at the two tusks that where going straight for his cannons , the hungry ogres heading his way or the big monster that would trample his units, I think don't under underestimate the stone horn yes I no he attracts cannon fodder but that the end of the day my mate had 3 cannons and Stoney lasted the game taking out his dimis in the process.

Im having a fun game tomorrow against a mates O+G army and Im forgoing my usual list to use Skrag, gorgers and my Stonehorn for the very first time!

I have 2 stonehorns and a Thundertusk but Ive never used them......tomorrow will be the first outing for my stoney...fingers crossed better luck than my Ironblasters!